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Repurpose & Upcycle

Are you looking for some DIY bridal shower gifts? I have several ideas to share you are easy and beautiful and can be created on a budget.

Easy and Beautiful DIY Bridal Shower Gifts on a Budget

Are you looking for DIY long distance relationship gifts? Look no further as here are 7 incredibly thoughtful gift ideas for your loved one.

7 Incredibly Thoughtful DIY Long Distance Relationship Gifts

Are you looking for easy iron-on patch instructions? Look no further as I have 3 different easy iron-on tutorials with video!

3 Super Easy Iron On Patch Instructions with Video

Do you want to make a DIY mushroom for your yard or garden? Look no further! With just a few items from the dollar store, you can create one that glows.

Easy Dollar Tree DIY Mushroom Solar Light Decor with Video

Do you want a hand scrub with natural ingredients that's easy to make? I have not only one but several to share with you with amazing results!

Easy and Natural Ingredient Hand Scrub DIYs with Awesome Results

Are you looking for an exfoliating hand scrub? I have a fantastic natural one that you can make with items you already have at home.

Easy and Fantastic Exfoliating Hand Scrub with Video

Do you want an easy homemade hand scrub? I have a super easy recipe with items you probably already have in your home.

Easy and Remarkable Homemade Hand Scrub with Video

Do you love Dollar Tree? Me too! I sharing fantastic Dollar Tree Candle Holders DIY with you that are easy and inexpensive.

Super Easy Dollar Tree Candle Holders DIY To Light Up Your Life

Are you looking for a DIY hand scrub? I have a recipe for you with 3 basic ingredients that clean, exfoliate, and moisturize your hands.

Fantastic and Easy DIY Hand Scrub: You Won’t Believe The Results

Would you like an Epsom Salt Scrub Recipe? It's so incredibly easy to make and you won't believe the awesome results.

Awesome Epsom Salt Scrub Recipe: You won’t believe it

Are you looking for a sugar scrub for hands? I have a super easy and inexpensive recipe for you that has amazing results.

Easy DIY Sugar Scrub For Hands with Amazing Results

Do you need crafts for graduation? I have DIYs for you that can be given as gifts, put up for decorations, and used for other celebrations.

Easy and Fun DIY Gifts and Crafts for Graduation and Other Celebrations

Do you want an easy photo lantern and/or Memorial Day Craft? I have a super easy project for you that can celebrate an occasion or someone special.

Stunning DIY Photo Lantern for Any Occasion and Memorial Day Craft

Do you love geometric art but not the price tag? I have 3 fantastic and easy ideas you can make on a budget.

Fantastic Geometric Art Ideas On A Budget

Who needs some gifts for crafty moms? Whether it's a DIY or a purchased gift I have some ideas that might help you.

Fantastic and Outstanding Gifts for Crafty Moms

You can decorate shoes and take them from boring to fun! I am taking 4 inexpensive sets of shoes and giving them a facelift.

4 Creative and Fun Ways To Decorate Shoes

Do you want some DIY photo gifts? I have 15 super easy and amazing gifts that are good for any occasion.

15 Amazing and Easy DIY Photo Gifts For Any Occasion

Do you want to recycle pots and pans? I was given the challenge to find different ways to repurpose these and here are some of my favorites!

10 Awesome and Easy Ways To Recycle Pots and Pans

Have you ever wanted to make some DIY garden mushrooms? All you need is a few items from the thrift store and you can make some on a budget.

Super Easy DIY Garden Mushrooms on a Budget with Video

3. place the can in the freezer

Easy and Terrific DIY Punch Tin Lamps For Your Backyard

Do you want some recycled paper crafts? I took some old magazines and business cards and turned them into a lovely wreath for my home.

How To Make An Amazing Recycled Paper Crafts Wreath

Do you like turtles? If so I have a super cute and easy terra cotta pot DIY for you that can be placed in your home or garden.

Super Cute Turtle Terra Cotta Pot DIY For Your Home

Have you wondered how to start a craft business? I have a few tips and tricks as well as some examples of things you can sell.

How To Turn Your Love To Craft Into A Business

Have you wanted to make personalized DIY Mugs? I have a few tips and tricks to share using Sharpies or the right kind of paint.

How to make DIY Ceramic Mugs Using Sharpies or Paint

Do you want to make homemade gifts for girlfriends? Whether they're your BFF or a gift from a loved one, here are a few unique and customized ideas for you.

Unique and Easy Customized Homemade Gifts for Girlfriends For Any Occasion

Do you want a display tray for your home? I have 9 DIYs to show you that are helpful for displaying and serving in your home.

9 Creative and Useful Display Tray Ideas for Your Home

4. use your Dremel engraver to trace the design

Engraving Stencils for Metal, Easy and Terrific Gift Idea

I love those Dollar Tree glass jars, and I'm sharing 5 gift ideas for any occasion and they're all under $5!

5 Dollar Tree Glass Jar Gift Ideas For Any Amazing Celebration

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7 Amazing Personalized Kitchen Gifts for Any Occasion

Getting Christmas presents for parents doesn't have to be hard or expensive. I have 10 easy and awesome DIY gifts for you.

10 Easy and Awesome DIY Christmas Presents for Parents

Do you want some gifts for crafters? I am sharing 5 items that I LOVE or want for my own crafting addiction.

5 Awesome and Useful Gifts for Crafters

Are you feeling creative? We love that! Creative minds are one of the best parts of life as you really get to express who you are and watch your ideas come to life.

Creative Minds, Do you have everything you need?

I have 4 fun and easy resin uses to share with you including some fun serving utensils for the holidays and great gifts for family and friends.

4 Fun and Creative Resin Uses with Video

If you’re a big fan of making your own jewelry creations, it’s time to start thinking about the new things you can do with your ideas

3 Tips and Tricks for Taking Your Jewelry Creations To The Next Level

What is the best resin for jewelry? I have been working with Total Boat's Makerpoxy and created 3 different styles that are so easy!

Best Resin For Jewelry, 3 Ways To Have Fun

Do you love vintage drawer pulls? I found some glass pulls at a flea market and created a lovely jewelry hanger for my home.

Vintage Drawer Pulls Jewelry Hanger

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IKEA Cabinet Door DIY Serving Tray

I let it dry completely.

How To Make An Ocean Serving Tray

Learn how to stencil on leather and vinyl with this easy DIY tutorial. You can take an item found at the store and give it extra detail!

How To Stencil on Leather and Vinyl

Once the trays were dry, I coated them with Folk Art Home Decor Varnish to protect it. I love how these 2 arm tables turned out.

Sofa Arm Tray Useful and Fun DIY

How do you make a homemade wooden box? Here's a wood box DIY that you can use in so many ways in your home.

Amazingly Useful Wood Box DIY

MATERIALS NEEDED TO MAKE A BASEBALL OR SPORT THEMED GIFT

Easy Baseball Gift Customizable DIY

Do you want to make your own garden sphere? I have an easy DIY for you that is inexpensive, easy, and will glow at night.

DIY Garden Sphere with Video

Do you want to know the ins and outs of painting glass? I have done several projects over the years and I'm going to share things you will want to know to be successful.

Painting Glass DIY Guide and Tips

Do you love pallet wall decor? With a Plaid Pallet and some Folk Art Stencils, you can create easy and beautiful art for your home.

Stenciled Pallet Wall Decor with Video

Once it's cleaned and dry, it's done.

Easy Glass Etching DIY with Video

How do you make an easy candle holder? These DIY Candle Holders are so easy to make and most of the items you can find at Dollar Tree and the thrift store!

DIY Candle Holders with Video

My family loves bath bombs! I have finally found a recipe that works (yes, there were several attempts with some big failures). I'm ready to share this recipe with you - easy to personalize, great gift idea, and easy to make with most household items right in your home.

How To Make Bath Bombs

I have these 3 drawer storage containers several places in our home. Sometimes I like that I can see what's in the drawer, and other times I do not. I came up with an easy and inexpensive way to upcycle the drawers - hiding what's inside and giving it a face lift at the same time.

How To Upcycle Storage Containers Easily and on a Budget

Do you want to know how to patina copper pennies? I love penny projects and I wanted to try to patina copper pennies and create a fun display with our initials on wooden letters that I had on hand. I'll show you how to patina pennies and then create a lovely display.

How To Patina Copper Pennies – Easy DIY Tutorial With Video

I added the chalk so they would have it for the garden markers. I added pruners to help care and shape the plants. I added items that would be helpful in the kitchen to use the herbs like the scissors, pizza cutter, and rubber scraper. I placed them into the dirt representing flowers or the plant.

Easy Garden Gift Basket DIY with Video

Have you wanted to know how to paint with chalk paint? I found a magazine rack at a thrift store and I'm sharing how I painted it with some bonuses too!

How To Paint with Chalk Paint with Video

Do you want to know how to make a candle? Using a basic candle kit you can make regular candles or ice candles with ease.

How To Make A Candle with Video

Did you know how much fun crafting with epoxy can be? Epoxy resin is a fantastic and wonderfully versatile material and the perfect partner for any creative projects you want to start. Check around your home, and you’ll see lots of options for use of this as a canvas for your ideas.

4 Exciting New Ideas for Crafting with Epoxy

I loved how these turned out.

How To Make Your Own DIY Coasters with Video

I let it dry completely and love how it turned out.

DIY Candle Holder Solar Light Decor

What can you do with glass bottles? Upcycle them with bottle painting and there are so many ways to use the bottle.

Easy and Beautiful Bottle Painting

Making a gift for someone makes it extra special. Try some of these ideas for some thoughtful gifts that really show that you care.

Easy Gifts to Let People Know You Care

I tapped the stencil brush up and down over the stencil and onto the fabric. Tapping up and down prevents the paint from going underneath the stencil. Keep tapping until it you need to add more paint to the brush. Repeat the process of loading the brush, off loading the brush, then tapping onto the fabric and stencil. Keep going until the entire stencil has been coated with paint.

How To Stencil on Fabric with Video

The dollar section in Target is always fun to look at and they always have fun serving trays. I found a raw wood serving tray and I was so excited to upcycle it for my home!

Target Dollar Spot Wood Serving Tray Upcycle with Video

The awesome thing about this particular paint is that it shifts colors between black and gold in the light. It's best to see in person, and I tried to capture this in a photo for you to see as best as I could.

Acrylic Paint Ideas DIY Mug Rack

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Tea Towel Art Hack Easy DIY

One of the things I love about this table is that the sides fold down to a 2 person size. I have a very similar one that I inherited from my grandparents. You can see it on my home tour here.

Reclaimed Wood Dining Table and Chairs DIY

light up canvas art marvel with text overlay

How To Make A DIY Light Up Canvas Art

I found this shelf unit at a garage sale for $5. I wanted to try my hand at some more furniture makeovers and this price allowed me to give it a go! In the beginning I wasn't sure where I'd use this piece because there are so many places we could use shelves. Who doesn't need more shelf space right?

How To Paint A Bookshelf DIY

I placed the glass top back on the table and it was ready to be used.

How To Stencil On Wood

Now I have a bird feeder for my yard.

5 Easy Upcycling Ideas for Your Garden

Your solar chandelier is ready!

Easy Flower Basket to Solar Chandelier

It's easy and you can do this yourself, with your kids, girls night out, etc. Use it as a night light or just a decoration in your home, or it's a great gift idea.

Easy & Beautiful DIY Light Up Wall Art for Your Home

I used an old pot and added some flowers in it for my front porch.

11 Thrift Store Finds For Unique Planters

Here are a few other things I’ve converted.

Easy & Beautiful Vase Lights

My husband is happy to see this sweater every day, and my kids love laying on it which also makes him happy as well.

Easy and Awesome No Sew DIY Pillow Covers For Your Home

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DIY Easy Farmhouse Pottery Barn Mirror

I'm so excited with how it turned out, it's going to be great gift for my family for Valentine's Day!

Beautiful Thrift Store Heart Table Makeover

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How To DIY and Sell Crafts Online

How do you cut wine glass bottles? I'm going to show you how to use a glass bottle cutter. The possibilities are endless when it comes to up-cycling bottles. I recently purchased a bottle cutter and now I have even ways to up-cycle those bottles!

How To Use A Glass Bottle Cutter

Put the lid back on and pull one up towards the top.

Easy DIY Plastic Bag Holder

Another way I like to wear my cardigan sweater is to add a fun pin to keep the top part closed. I get to wear fun heirloom pins this way too.

3 Ways To Wear a Sweater

What can I use as a side table? I'm sharing a DIY side table makeover from a game table I found at a thrift store.

Beautiful DIY Side Table Makeover For Your Home

This is the original credenza sideboard sitting outside the local community center. I was super excited to find this piece.

Easy DIY Painted Sideboard

What are some thoughtful gifts for a friend or loved one? If you have got a friend that is feeling down, let's show you some thoughtful gift ideas to help them.

Thoughtful Gifts for A Friend Going Through a Tough Time

If using inside, be sure to crack a window for oxygen flow. Never leave a lit flame unattended.

DIY Fire Bowl

What materials can be used to make a lampshade? How do you make an old lampshade look new? How do you revamp a lampshade? I found a cute lamp at a thrift store and I'm sharing my DIY lampshade makeover.

DIY Lampshade Makeover

What can I make with old curtains? What can I do with an old shower curtain? Here are 5 cleaver curtain hacks!

5 Clever Curtain Hacks For Your Home

Did you know you can make your own hand soap dispenser? I'm going to show you a few ways I made them using a mason or recycled jar! This is a fantastic and useful DIY gift idea that everyone needs.

DIY Hand Soap Dispenser

What are some good gift exchange ideas? This holiday season will be different from others, gifts could be hard to find, and you might want to get a head start now. Instead of the traditional gift guides, I'm going to share our family's wish lists for our family gift exchange ideas.

Family Gift Exchange Ideas

Have you wondered how do you make a coffee table look new? Or maybe how to paint an old coffee table? I'm going to share how I did my coffee table makeover with a $5 garage sale table.

Easy Coffee Table Makeover

Do you ever wonder how to revamp, update, or makeover a side table? I have been dabbling in making over a few furniture pieces and when I saw this side table for $1 at a garage sale, I thought what have I got to lose! In this post I'm doing a side table makeover with painting, stenciling, and glazing.

Side Table Makeover

Did you know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month? Have you wondered how to make a breast cancer awareness wreath? I'm a breast cancer survivor and I am sharing how I created a breast cancer awareness wreath.

Breast Cancer Awareness Wreath

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Pottery Barn Mirror Hack

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DIY CRAFT IDEAS TO MAKE AND SELL

Turn the t-shirt right side out.

How To Upcycle Clothes

It sits by my front door welcoming people. I love how I'll be able to change up the words per month, or season.

Farmhouse Decor for Cheap

13 Inexpensive and Easy Eco Friendly Gift Wrap Ideas

Fun Anniversary Gifts

Today I am sharing how to stencil with a printable. Can't find the stencil you want?

How To Stencil With A Printable

I let it dry for 24 hours and now it sits on a table on my front porch. This is just one way to use solar lights outside.

3 Ways to Use Solar Lights Outside

That's it for the first one. Make sure to place this somewhere where your solar lights will get plenty of light.

How To Make Solar Light House Numbers

I turned mine into a brush holder, soap dispenser, vase, toothbrush holder, and cotton ball holder

How To Paint Mason Jars and Distress Them Easily with Video

I let the silicone harden for 24 hours and then it was finished.

Top 14 Ways To Use Solar Lights In Your Home

We made this bench in tribute to people and pets we have lost. It's our memorial bench.

How To Make A Cinder Block Bench

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